diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmakestep.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmakestep.cpp
index 7c7742d5d0d30652ed523828890729b5ecef22b3..3b0049ec4030dc2a77770e2b55c99c75c24dd009 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmakestep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qmakestep.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ bool QMakeStep::init(const QString &name)
     if (QDir(workingDirectory).exists(QLatin1String("Makefile")))
         needToRunQMake = false;
 
+    Environment environment = m_pro->environment(name);
     QStringList newEnv = environment.toStringList();
     newEnv.sort();